It’s been more than 150 years since the Civil War began, and the federal government is still paying for it.

Two children of veterans of the War Between the States are still alive, and receiving federal support payments of $876 per year.

The recipients, born in the 1920s, still get benefits under a rule stating that if they were disabled before age 18, the payments are for life.

By the way, in case you’ve done the math, it wasn’t unheard of for Civil War veterans in their 80s to father children.

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A teen at a Covington, Ky., bingo hall was busted on a disorderly-conduct charge when he falsely yelled “Bingo,” sending the crowd of mostly elderly women into a frenzy when they learned the shout was bogus.

“When they realized it wasn’t a real bingo, they started hooting and hollering and yelling and cussing,” said a cop. “People take their bingo very seriously.”

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Size matters for some gals.

A Taiwanese woman divorced her husband because his penis was too small.

The 52-year-old woman learned the diminutive truth on their wedding night. She also said he couldn’t perform in several attempts, and refused to seek treatment.

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Scotland has been overcome by The Force.

Politicians introduced a bill that in theory would allow Jedi knights to perform wedding ceremonies, a church official warned.

The Reverend Iver Martin said the legislation would allow anyone of any faith — even “faithful” devotees of “Star Wars” — to officiate at traditional or same-sex nuptials.

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Thieves in Turkey stole an entire 82-foot, 44,000-pound steel bridge that went over a creek in a rural province.

No one knows how they were able to dismantle the entire structure without anyone knowing, but they are believed to have taken it to sell for scrap.